Shoeshine kit



NOV. 18, 1952 MORRIS 2,618,006

SHOESHINE KIT Filed Feb. 20, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET l L ew'n E MorrisINVENTOR.

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application February 20, 1950, serialivoi 145;183'- p This inventionrelates to improvements in kits andythej.primary purpose of theinvention is to assemble a number of articles employed in shining shoes,cleaning rifles; or performing other Operations an orderly andneat,compact fashion so that the assembly may be easily transported or easilystored. I b

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved case which ismade of two sections, in

wher y one. sectionmay be employed as a hand h ld ng, Dori/ion whflethe.other section is re-' moyed from the body of the: brush.

enothe gobiect of. th s; invention is to; reta n a dauber in -the brushbody 01: more thanyone dauber-if founddesirable, by having a part ofoneofg-the sections pass over the dauber to thereby d itin. lace.

1 Other bbiettsandieatures will v become. evident in following thedescription. of the illustrated Figure 6 is a transverse view takensubstan tially on the line 66 of Figure and in the direction of thearrows;

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken 1 claim.- (01. -258)substantially on the line 'l--'| of Figure 5 and in the direction of thearrows; and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of thebrush centersection with thebristles removed.

In my invention, I have provided for the retaining of a number ofelements in compact rebody member l2 which has recesses l4 and I6 in thesides thereof in order to accommodate the plugs l8 and 20. The plugs l8and 20 are frictionally retained in place and they support the bristles22 and 24 forming the work surface for the brush and are replaceable ifworn or dirty.

The body member I2 is provided with a bore 26 at one endf'and-a similarbore 28 at the other-- eiid. These bores formcompartments to retain I'th -da'ubers 30 and 32, each being" identicaly but one adapted to beused with brownpolish; and the other with blackpolish, or othercolors-,de pending up'on'the prerogatives of the user of the device; Inmilitaryservice, certain branches use only one' colo'r of polish. Then,the other dauber could beput to use for cleaning firearms or for"whatever purpose the individual so desires. Moreover, the other brushcould be usedas' a clothes brush, inasmuch'as the coverinaintainsitfreefrom; accumulation of dustand dirt. The

dauber's may bedesignated, as by color or in dicia toindiciate the colorof polish on the" dauber or to differentiate the daubers-froiii eachother.

Each dauber. is the same in structure. 'Ihe dauber consists of a centralbody'36- with a cap 38 at the top thereof. This capseats in a recess 60:at the end of a bore: 26. so that it may he"- removed'by the. fingersofan individual. 'IIiupper end of the shank or main body 36. of the dauber30 is tapered as at 42 so that it may be retained by friction in thebore 26. Threads may be provided at this junction if found desirable.

A sleeve 46 is disposed on the body 36 and is slidable over the bristles48, said bristles being retained in a plug 50 which is disposed in arecess at the lower end of the body 36 of the dauber. By this expedientthe bristles are removable when they wear out so that they may bereplaced.

The sleeve 46 slides over the bristles, as shown in Figure 5, so thatthe dauber may be inserted easily in the bore 26 and so that the polishtherein will not dry out and harden when the device is inoperative.

A longitudinal slot 52 is provided in the sleeve,

and a pin, preferably in the form of a screw 54,

or some other suitable expedient is disposed in the slot, being carriedby the main body 36. A bayonet latch extension 58 of the slot 52 isprovided at the lower part thereof to retain the sleeve upwardly asdisclosed in Figure 4, when the dauber is being used to apply polish ona pair of shoes or the like.

The case 60 consists of two sections 62 and 64. respectively. Thesections are in the form of rectangular open-top boxes. However, theends 66 and 68 of the section 64 are long and short respectively withrespect to the width of the sides of this section. The end 66 projectsconsiderably farther and the end 68 considerably shorter than the upperedge of the sides of said section 64. The section 62 is provided 3 withends 12 and 10 similar to the ends 66 and 68, respectively. The longerend 66 of section 64 is adapted to overlie the top 38 of the dauber 30to assist in retaining it in place within the brush body i2. The longerend 12 of the other .section, 62, is adapted to overlie the top of thedauber 32. By this construction, it is necessary only to remove one ofthe sections to lend access to the proper dauber, proper shoe polish andcleaning brush, together with any other appurtenances which may bemaintained in the section. It is contemplated to indicate which sectionshould be removed to expose and lend access to components of andrelating to one color polish and the other color polish. This may bedone by indi-cia on the sections or by actually coloring the sectionseither in whole or in part with a color corresponding to the color ofthe polish.

On the inside surface of each section there is a polish compartment 18and a polish cloth compartment 80. The polish compartment is providedwith a small lip 82 therein to frictionally engage a conventional box orcan 84 of shoe polish.

Longitudinal ribs 88 and 90 are provided on each side of the body 12 toengage in the grooves 92 and 94 of the sides of the sections 62 and 64.This releasably retains the sections of the case together on the brush.

In operation, one of the sections is pulled from the brush. It isassumed that the section 64 is removed. This exposes the bristles of oneside of the brush and allows one of the daubers to be removed. However,the other section may be used as a handle for the brush, and inasmuch asthe section 64 is removed, the polish cloth 98 is exposed for use and sois the can of polish. After the shoes are shined, the section 64 issimply replaced after the dauber is inserted in its appropriate bore andafter the other shoe shining equipment, as the polish cloth, can of shoepolish, if removed from its .4 recess 18, and the like are replaced, tothereby close and form the assembled kit.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

In a shoeshine kit, a brush having bristles on one side thereof andincluding a body "portion, a flanged cover for the brush andconstituting a hand holder for the brush, said cover and said bodyportion being provided with means for releasably fastening said cover tosaid body portion, said body portion having a recess at one end providedwith an enlarged entrance, a dauber received in said recess andincluding. a handle having a flange seated in said entrance and flushwith the end of said body portion in which the recess is provided, saidcover including an end portion completely overlying the dauber tothereby retain the dauber in the recess and whereby removal of the coverfrom the body portion will permit removal of the dauber from the recess.

what is LEVIN F. MORRIS.

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